Anonymous Group Makes New Threats

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Anonymous Group Makes New Threats

Posted on: Tuesday, 12 July 2011, 06:10 CDT

Senior figures of the hackers' collective Anonymous have threatened an attack to

the Metropolitan police's computer systems and those controlled by the UK

judicial system, warning that Tuesday will be the " biggest day in Anonymous's

history, " reports the Guardian.

The collective seeks to express its anger over News International's phone

hacking and the threatened extradition of n Assange, the Wikileaks founder.

Sabu, a senior figure within the collective who founded the spin-off group

LulzSec, which was responsible for hacking into a site linked to the CIA and the

UK's Serious Organized Crime Agency, purportedly sent a Twitter feed that

promised two releases of information would be launched within a day.

" Everyone brace, " he tweets. " This will be literally explosive. "

This was followed by a message that read, " ATTN Intelligence community: Your

contractors have failed you. Tomorrow is the beginning. "

Although the account, @anonymouSabu has not yet been verified as belonging to

Sabu, it has been referenced by the " official " Anonymous @anon_central account

on Twitter and has over 7,700 followers.

Targets of Tuesday's hack have thus far kept sources close to the collective

unusually tight-lipped, reports the Guardian. However, chat channels have

suggest that several top-level members of Anonymous are eager to launch attacks

based around the start of n Assange's appeal hearing against extradition,

which is Tuesday.

In addition, it is also believed that the Met is being targeted in retaliation

for News of the World reporters allegedly paying police officers and the general

response to the phone hacking scandal.

It is also speculated that the threat is focused on " material claimed to have

been obtained last week from contractors relating to security and secrecy of

" former world leaders, " or plans to target a senior leaders' retreat at Bohemian

Grove, California. "

But the chaotic and occasionally paranoid Anonymous community has other sources

close to the collective warning that some prominent members are engaging in

" disinformation campaigns " ahead of any action, " reports the Guardian.

Anonymous was offline for much of Monday, adding to the communication problems

surrounding the planned releases, leaving even those that are close to senior

members of the collective unable to verify rumors ahead of the release.

Further rumors on Friday suggest that one collective member had gained access

into the News International servers and took copies of internal emails which

were being offered for sale or even ransom, but this could not be confirmed, and

no evidence has surfaced to the legitimacy of the claimed email stash, according

to the Guardian.

However, News International's site is believed to have been " probed " by members

of Anonymous at the end of last week.

Two days after the Dowler revelations, NoW staff email addresses appeared on

Pastebin, a favorite site for posting the results of attacks against all sorts

of sites by Anonymous and other hacker groups.

According to the Guardian, a source revealed that News International's server

had been hacked for about 30 minutes at a time last week by using " proxy

chaining, " a method of logging in through several remote computers to help

disguise their identities.

" Everyone thinks Interpol will get involved at some point, " the source told the

Guardian.

New International has angered the hackers when it was revealed last week that a

private detective acting for the company had listened in on voicemails on the

phone of the murdered teenager Milly Dowler, which may have interfered with

police efforts to find her.

The Guardian reports that PayPal and Visa were previously targeted by Anonymous

because they refused to process donations for Wikileaks, which the U.S.

government ordered them not to do.

Furthermore, the Church of Scientology has also been attacked by the collective

over what is seen as suppression of information.

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All the more reason for a lot of these government agencies and utilities to break from the internet and use an intranet, save for public relations material and announcements. This would cause some nuisance as far as handling accounts and such, but there could be ways around that to help legitimate customers.

In a message dated 7/12/2011 2:11:01 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, no_reply writes:

Anonymous Group Makes New Threats